About forty-five seconds after I left the palace, I heard a massive explosion that was strong enough to shatter the glass of every building in a half-mile radius and make my ears ring for over a minute. I couldn’t even hear myself think because of how loud the ringing was. My ears sounded like the beginning of Time by Pink Floyd at that moment. Talk about killing two birds with one stone! As I walked back towards Audrey’s house, I suddenly lost my balance and fell down onto the cold pavement face-first, hitting my head on the ground. I’m not sure what made me fall, but I suddenly felt fatigued and drained of all of my strength. If you thought that was crazy, wait until you hear about what happened next. Lying there on the ground with a throbbing head, I realized I couldn’t open my e

